Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-18
DAILY HERALD.
ANTELOPE VALLEY.
New Thtngs Are Progressing In
That section.


That section.
RosAmcNp, ANTELOPE VALLEY,
June Ia, 1887.
EpIroRs HERALD - Notwithstanding
there has been but little done on this
side Of Antelope valley towards the de-
velop,nent of the soil, or the develop
neat Of the numerous sources of water
supply this year, there has been copsid-
erabis work done in different localities,
all of which demonstrates beyond
dcubt that there 10 an abundance OF
water to be had, and that the soil, where
it is put in q thorough state OF cultiva-
ton, is IS reliable as any portion OF the
State. p. C. Sutton, a successful farm
er for many years, put in eighty acres OF
wheat for hsy. during the months OF
March and April, which, considering the
iipnt rainfall and the fact that the land
had never been plowed before, did very
well, yielding from halt ton to ton
and half to the acre. His trees, vines
and garden vegeta bles, on new land, also
aissaonsirated that good crops can be
relied on without irrigation. Mr.. Sut-
ton would not exchange his land here
for the land he farmed Tor fourteen years
in Colusa county, and sold for $50 an
acre waeu he came here. The expert
meuss of Dr.. Fredricksen with trees,
vines, root crops and alfalfa has made
him enthusiastic over lands on this side
OF the valley.
Ernest S.hrsder, formerly from lowe.
put i'm ten acres to trees s, vines, and an
endless variety of bulbs and garden
stutf with view of satisfying himself as
to the preductiv eness and adaptability
Of the soil before engsgipg in the busl'
ness on q more extensive SCALE de
ioint d Mr.. j. B. Titus, who also put in
ten acres Just below him on the mesa
half = milu east of this station, in sink
ing two wells, twenty four feet deep,
from which they pump three inch
running stream of water with horse
power and which they are now
utilizing for both domestic and irriga-
tion purposes. As they plowed and put
in their land since the last rain and
we're delayed in getting their pump to
wo they were fearful their entire
plant would perish before the water
could be got on. To their utter aston.
ishment however not eight per cent OF
their plant failed to come in good shape
and is now doing handsomely notwith-
standing they have not yet irrigated Que
fourth OF the area planted. The tgs on
trees on Mr.. Titus place are as large
as an English walnut while the trees are
IS-1sIget ihsn ap ordinary cane. Both
gentlemen are very tnthusiastic over
-~heir success and s!outy fmrm
tia. with thorough cultivation
all the crops in agriculture, or, any
thing in the way Of decidecus fruits,
olives or vines can be cultivated here
without irrigation. Their alfalfa has
come up in coed shape without any irri'
cation. The stand is thin, as Is always
re case the first year, but the stalks are
from ak 10 twelve inches in height,
while the tap root las a firm hold that
makes it q success. Messers. Moore,
Hooper, Palmer, Sutton, Marriott, Crau-
dali, Beln, Hammond, Hamilton, Wash
burn. and a d. zen more csnrot call to
mind are clearing and plowing portions
of their land for a plant this fall. Mr..
Truslow will have some forty acres in
good condition for his olive plants before
the first rains. H. w. Patton, Chas.
Eaton, Il. Smith, Baer 4 German, DIR.
Huck,ns, ID. NJ. Berry and Charley Row.
ley of your city are also among the mum
ber who are preparing their lands
OF q portion of them for planting as soon
as the first rains come. The government
and railroad lands ale pretty well alb
sorbed now, so the ouly show for set.
tier to get a good piece of land
is to buy someone out and
there has bsen several hundred
acres changed hand hands the last ten
days. Now that it has been demon.
strated beyond doubt that the lands
on the north side of the valley are as
produe i've as in the San Gabriel valley
we are having quite boom in prices.
Lands that would not sell at three dol
lars an acre SIX months ago have been
sold this v eek for ten dollars cash, and
il is safe to predict that lands in this
section that can be reached by the Rosa
mond Land and Water Compauy's canal,
Will reach fifty to seventy five dollars n
acre BY the first of January next. The
water developments in progress by the
ditch companies, together with numerous
ariesian wells that will be sunk by the
monster steam well boring mac chinery
owned by the Antelope Steam Well
Boring Company in the next three
months, will materially vitalizs things
here and hasten the development that
was so nicely started this season. A
new school house, church, a black.
smith and wagon shop, small hotel
and lumber yard are very essential
here and we hope to get them all be.
tween this and fall The new platform
and freight shed, as well as the addi-
tional split" switch 500 feet in length is
a boon to our shippers and the travelling
publ that has been long felt want.
The Rosamond store has been doing a
good business and has brought trade
to this place for a distance of twenty.
five miles. Taken everything into con.
siderAtion. the Rosamond country and
the whole of Antelope valley for that
matter, presents very inviting field for
people who are in search of cheap lands